Air Force Base or International Airport?

Srinagar: The identity of the Srinagar Airport continues to remain doubtful. A prominent airline ticket booking web portal, www.yatra.com, is taking the flyers by surprise by mentioning the Srinagar International Airport as “Srinagar Air Force Base” while the Jammu Air Force Base is mentioned as “Jammu Airport.”
This, according to official sources, was contrary to the Airports Authority of India parlance, which names the airport as the “Srinagar International Airport.” “For all practical purposes, it has been named as the Srinagar International Airport,” said an AAI official. “The identity board is there for anyone to see. If a portal mentions it wrongly, it is their problem.”
The identity of the airport continues to baffle observers, who find no reasons to call it an “international airport” following the grounding of the Srinagar-Dubai flight last year.
20/12/10 Greater Kashmir

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Categories: Airports Dec 2010